PlayStation Plus: What sort of content do you want?

Now that all the Christmas madness is out of the way, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of all the great games we’ve hosted in the Instant Games Collection over the past few months, and then look forward to the future.

We always do our best to provide a range of titles to suit everyone’s tastes, while also satisfying the general needs of the PlayStation Plus service. Below, using my wizardly Excel skills, I’ve put together a chart showing the genre split for all IGC content since June 2012.

So, let’s talk about the future! We’re always listening to our subscribers and want to find out more about the sort of content that drives you to be a Plus member. Essentially, we want to know what you would like to see in the service over the coming months.

So with that in mind, I’ve put together a little poll. We’d really appreciate it if you took a couple of minutes to tell us the types of games that you want to see in the IGC in the future. Feel free to vote for more than one genre.

The poll will come down on 21st February, at which point I’ll collate and share the results.

I’d like to see a couple more games for the Vita… I understand there aren’t that many as of yet, in turn making it hard to give games away without exhausting the list in a couple of months, I don’t really use my PS3 that often so my Vita is the only way I use my PS+

The problem i find is that its a great service for those who dont play many games when they launch but for me soo far, all the big hitters mentioned above, i have already brought and finished by the time they end up on plus. I imagine i speak for many plus members there?

So the games are fine but maybe newer stuff if possible? A long shot i imagine but just my opinion!

I would like to see more rpg games

Also what about including a few movie rentals each month? Either like x number of films of our choice, or put one or two select films up for us to rent under the plus price

First up, this is a great post, the service so far has been phenomenal and it’s good to add a little bit of community input to keep things going forward.

I’d personally like to see PS1/PSP classics added to the Vita rotation. There’s lots of PSone games I’d like to try on the system, as well as PSP games I never got a chance to play, or would like to play again (thinks of Crash Bandicoot, and MotorStorm Arctic Edge as examples).

Another idea is to maybe have notice of this month’s and the next month’s games- this might be difficult to implement but I think this is how Plus originally started and gave us less reason to worry about buying a game and getting shafted, which is particularly important for the Vita service right now.

Specific game suggestions: I’m thinking a LEGO game might be nice, but other than that I’m out of ideas so I’ll leave it to you guys to surprise (as you usually do- Sleeping Dogs WOW). Oh- maybe Dead Space 1? I really want the first since getting the second for free.

One thing that really bugs me about the Plus dynamic themes though is they use old icons, even new ones don’t use the correct PSP save icon (only the Journey theme does), if someone could get onto that, OCD me would be happy.

I’ll agree on the Avatars and Themes for Plus users, I’d like to have a few every month. Doesn’t need to be 20, simply 5 per month would do, I believe.

Anyways, Chris, I understand that the number of shooters given is high since most of the catalogue consists of them. But I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of great titles you guys can look at. And genres — a but more of fighting games wouldn’t be a bad idea 🙂

(Also, Fred, I hope you read this. There’s something really important I sent to the PSN ID I’ve seen you post here a few times. Sorry to call you out but it’s really important.)

The AAA games, dynamic themes and services like pushing updates is what makes me appreciate PS+ I’m not really interested in the PSN games. Most of them just are not fun enough. I would like to see Home integrated in to PS+ I also would like to see free stuff every week. I also think it would be better if we could choose 3 PS3 exclusives out of all PS3 games that were released 6 months before you subscribe instead of the Motorstorm, LBP and Infamous 2 game you can get all year.

More RPG, racing, platforming… and since I already owned 4/5 of all the games offered on Plus so far, I simply stopped buying PS3 games altogether until you finally catch up with your release schedule.

Maybe you could offer more (bigger?) discounts on dlc and/or new games, because the way you do it now, digital downloads are more often than not more expensive than boxed retail copies…

Shunt RPG up to third place in last year’s poll results, and that’s pretty much how I’d prioritise the kind of games I’d like to see in the IGC.

Incidentally, like @Positronic_Brain I also miss the handful of avatars we used to get each month. Particularly now it’s so difficult to browse through avatars in the new PlayStation Store. Heck, I’d like to give you money for avatars but I don’t have the time to manually scroll through thousands that can’t be sorted by game any more.

The value of content added to the Instant Game Collection (IGC) is without a doubt much better than it was before June 2012 my opinion. I feel the service really stepped up its game from November 2011 onwards.

I would love to see the return of PSOne/PS2 Classics, but only if they add a new ‘slot’ to the IGC rather than replace an existing one. A slot dedicated to PSP games would be pretty cool as well.

I think you can tell by your excel chart we dont need anymore shooters for a good long while (never for me, closest I get to a shooter is l.a. noire lol).
Jrpgs… and unfinished swan. There isnt alot out at the moment I havent got (that I think id like anyway) still meaning to try the new dmc demo… hmm well no complaints here really just keep up the good work and at least even out the shooters with some rpgs 🙂 (tales of… series would be nice :p) oh and so agreed with those who asked for some psone and ps2 games, although there needs to be a load of new ones first cause I own all I want on psn at the moment. Rogue Galaxy and Dark Cloud 1& Chronicle would be nice to go with the launch of Ni No Kuni…? 🙂 also shadow hearts, ffx, kh 1&2, Fahrenheit (from quantic dream) etcetc

I would like a mixture of content like the first year. My reasons are because after this years content, apart from filling up my 320gb hard drive, and have had to delete some games until I’m ready to play them, I feel I have been forced to stop purchasing games on the store cos I’m worried about filling my hard up , so that it would stop me from getting ps plus content

I think the PlayStation Plus service already offers superb value and hope it continues to provide such excellent content for subscribers. The only things I would modify; as already addressed, Plus was rather heavy on the shooters for a few months, but that changed this month. I’d like to see some free, premium DLC for retail games; it could encourage owners to buy the game so they can get a £12 DLC pack for free. Also, is it feasibly to include films/tv shows in the Plus content, or is there license problems with doing that? Great service though, I recommend it to anyone not already a user.

The hard thing to balance is that youre dealing with a variety of people with different tastes. I personally would love to see more RPGs and Strategy games ala Disgaea/Valkyria Chronicles/X-Com but they would probably be too niche.

i would like borderlands 1 or dragon age 1 or 2 !
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Flip sake… PLEASE NO MORE SHOOTERS… all you people who just go after shooters all the time are killing the innovation of the industry and my love for gaming. I couldn’t be bothered playing games for 3 months and then ni no kuni came along and it revitalised my love for it.

I’d like to see more GOTY editions for games please. Like you did with RE5 gold. like people have said it is a bit annoying when you get a game you’ve already played but if that game had all the dlc then everyones happy.

But never mind the games how about features like cloud gaming for plus members for ps3? Or is that going to be just a ps4 exclusive if so some-one had Lied. Because they talk in a interview that cloud gaming will be on ps3 & other platforms.

I hope your still trying for SSX as ever since you mentioned it I cant stop thinking about it. lol. It would been nice to use each of them genres so say one month you do puzzle and racing then the month after that do a shooter and sport and so on. After each genre has been done then can repeat but mix it up in a different order, etc.

I’m not so into the sport games and fighting games but am willing to try them out. Well some driving games too but split/second would be a nice driving game to have.

Germany and OZ already got Gotham City Imposters but would be nice if we could get it too.

For RPG I see you have Ni No Kuni in the brackets, haha that would be class to have 😛 but of course it will be too early for it but perhaps someday it would been a nice game

To be honest, just keep doing what you are doing, fantastic job so far. For the Vita I’d like to see something RPG(ish) or Zelda-like. But I really can’t think what that would be at the moment though the choice is a bit limited.

For PS3 I already have a huge backlog but please no more shooters, again RPG’s would be great, platformers, racers.

More Vita content. I play my Vita more than my 360 or PS3 these days – PS3 seems to get much more Plus content than the Vita – and I download most of that, but I just can’t get the time to sit in front of telly as much as I did before we had kids. It’s be nice to see 3 or 4 Vita PS+ additions a month. So far I’ve pretty much owned all the Vita PS+ stuff but have used the opportunity to convert it to digital from disk. Be good to do that with Most Wanted too. Personally, I’d like to see Fifa 13 and Super Star Dust HD next – something I don’t have.

Echo the above poster – parity across all regions in terms of price and content – like the Apple App Store. It’s disheartening to see games significantly more expensive in the UK than USA. And digital downloads should be cheaper than retail discs/carts by a fair margin, not more expensive. I end up paying more for the convenience of not needing to swap carts, both in price per game and in cost per memory card.

Games I would like to see are the smaller games I’ve missed. I tend not to have much time so I read IGN and just tend to go for the games the have a 8.5+ score. I really enjoyed playing knytt underground and would never of played that had it not been on PS+. Thank you for that! So just game that you think need more recognition that the press have skipped which you think would be worthwhile for us to play. It’s not necessary about genre, just good taste and spreading the word.

I’d like to see HD-ified classics like Jak, Ratchet and Clank, Ico, SotC, etc. Or some from the non-HD PS2 collection, for that matter.
I’d also like to see more RPGs. Ni no Kuni next month on PS+, right, guys? 😉

I know the library isn’t that extensive but, besides the two monthly games, perhaps a Bonus psp game for the vita or a good mini?

That would round up the month nicely with a release on the final week of the month. (This month would end up with the 3 Ps3 titles on the 6th, then two vita games on the 13th and 20th and a bonus game on the 27th…)

It’s weird that in the comments i rarely see anyone asking for shooters, if anything i see most people not wanting them, yet the shooter genre is tight in second place. Opposite to that a lot of people (me included) are asking for rpg’s, yet i can’t even see it on the chart. I sure hope the poll is functioning well because imho we got moooore than enough shooters already!

Thanks chris this is the kind of input that plus members have been looking to give.

To be honest the last few months have been pretty mixed with content types which is ideal, 3 different genres in a month is the best way to go in my own opinion that way there should always be something for everyone.

Btw if you can get it disgaea 3 would be great addition for vita igc 🙂

Choosing genres doesn’t work for me. For example I love Street Fighter but hate Mortal Kombat, I love LittleBigPlanet but I hate Sonic.

I’m still waiting for Super SFIV Arcade Edition like the US got a couple months ago.

To be honest I haven’t enjoyed the majority of Plus freebies such as all the ones mentioned in early in the topic (such as RDR, Batman, Crysis, Borderlands and so on). I still find Plus great value for the few games that come free that I have loved (Motorstorm Apocalypse, LBP2, Infamous 2, R&C All for One, Sly Cooper and even PSN titles such as Double Dragon Neon) and the automatic updates and cloud saving have become essential to my usage of my PS3.

Also I wouldn’t mind a bit knocked off my monthly Netflix subscription if possible.

more adventure and rpg please for the love of god do not put that terrible game on it called call of duty that is just realy poor and does not deserve the rite to be in this vote infact i dont think it belongs any where

It would be nice if we could receive 2 PS3 titles, 1 PSN Title, 1 VITA title & 1 PSone Title every month.

I’m not that bothered on genre but it would be nice to see more RPGs included & obscure titles like Catherine, 3D Dot Heroes, No More Heroes, Asura’s Wrath & Okami HD.

It would be great if you could secure roughly 4 PS3 Full titles every month & we have a choice of which 2 will enter our PLUS month, by submitting a Poll like this one. It would be great also if a title is within a SALE, then it won’t enter the PLUS service for at least 3 months.

It would be awesome if there somehow is a way to know more in advance what games are coming up next. I know it must be part of the strategy and to keep the price for subscription so low, but the past triple A games that came on I already played earlier. I would be more than happy to wait if I had known. Also, would be willing to pay a few bucks more to build the service out into a sort of Netflix/Spotify thing.

‘Western’ RPGs like Kingdoms of Amalur, Fallout etc would be great. Sim-style racers: would be good to get some use out of my logitech wheel! PSP games would be welcome in addition to native vita games, but would probably be unpopular as a replacements.
Thanks for asking!

Few platformers, RPG’s and of course Racing games and F1 Race Stars is the only title that’s in that genre. Also, I think we already had enough shooters and not please, no multilayer only games. Why, because some are free and people don’t even play them.

I’d like to see a balance of all genres but looking at the chart above I think more racing games are in order.
I can see why people want RPGs but I personally find there are so many games to play that I am reluctant to make a start on massive, time consuming games. For that reason I would not like to see an increase in RPG or open world games.

As a further point, how about something beyond games? I would love to see some level of Music Unlimited subscription included in PS Plus.

I like a mixed bag of everything, as long as its less shooters than its up till now!

Plus: make sure the PSVita also gets content that is well reviewed. Not only in the instant game collection and the monthly games but also in the sales.

SCEE gave LittleBigPlanet Vita for around 18 bucks for PS+ members at the Xmas sale, SCEA gave a PSVita sale 2 months after mods said a sale would be ‘coming soon’ and it had bad games, games that were in rebate already shortly before for the same price or games that have been given away for free with PS+ or are even given away next week (Lumines…).

So as long as its less FPS and more of the rest of the genres I am fine. A game like SSX for PS3, for PSVita just something of the higher scoring games you need to push sales of that PSVita badly or 3rd party will stay away.

Some RPG’s, platformers and action adventure games would be sweet. Also, the US seems to be getting PSP games for their vita, I think 1 additional PSP game per month would be a pretty sweet deal, to expose a new audience to those games?

Anything with platinum trophies. I would love any of the Assasin Creeds too or some new avatars.

I’m a huge fan of shooters, but the amount we have had recently is just too much. I couldn’t face playing another shooter. I don’t class borderlands as a shooter, that game was awesome. Games like Crysis 2 that stop me getting the platinum unless I spend weeks playing online multiplayer are starting to bug me.

sports games release ever year and most of them are mediocre except 5 or so
most racing games are boring and not worth their price unless they’re open world,arcade or excellent simulators like Gran Turimo 5
aswell as i voted 4 mp because i always wanted to play starhawk’s mp ,MAG and COD 4(didn’t buy them because they’re old and probably have a few amount of players left)

This is a bit ‘out there’ as a suggestion, but I wanted to bring it up:

Is it possible to have PS Plus change from different games evey month, to a certain pool of games, of which you can have say 10 activated at a time. This way, if you join Plus, you could still access games that were on Plus before at the expense of games that are now added to Plus. You could also choose just the Psone/PSP/Vita games that have been on Plus if you have only a handheld, or vice versa if you have only a PS3. You also would be able to pick games instead of maybe the games on Plus being games you have already bought on PSN or at retail

As I say, I do realise that is a long shot, and maybe not as lucrative for publishers, but I was annoyed to miss out on Arkham City by a few days, and already own a fair amount of the Plus content that has become available (I’ve now sold my retail Sleeping Dogs, Uncharted Vita and Gravity Rush, but if you could choose the games it would be less hassle)

With Germany getting binary domain does that mean the rest of us will never get it? I would have liked that at some point.

I think its about time countries like Germany were taken out of our plus region as it is unfair on everyone. They are getting thinks late and then preventing the rest of us getting things in the future.

Nice to see so many people wanting more RPG’s and I’ll add myself to that list! Definitely needs to be a bit less FPS orientated and a more level balance across the genres as there’s so far been very little in the way of RPG’s, Racers or Platformers. Also keep the service the way it is, no going back to the days of PS1 games etc for the Vita side of things unless they’re added as a bonus on top of the current games, I own a Vita to play Vita games on. Also as a few others have suggested, maybe some free/reduced rentals on movies would be good & more 3D compatible content as I’ve just upgraded to a 3D Bravia and Arkham City looks stunning!!! 🙂

I’d also like to see PSX and Minis return to the mix as these are suitable for both Vita and PS3, WIN WIN situation.

Avatars and themes are always welcome.

I liked the old style of PS+, the new version is great but lets face it , if you work full time and have other activities other than gaming in your life ( Spending time with your kids, sports, socializing) then your not going to get through all of the instant game collection. not to mention the amount of space it takes up. I ran out of space in the 1st month of the instant game collection. And i only downloaded 2 games, ( still not played them)

Yes flinging lots of games at us is great, But there is only so much you can download and play at any given time.

I think this is a good step in the right direction. What would be even better would be a section on the website where people can vote on specific games they would like to see free rather than the type of game. Obviously there will always be ones that you can’t get but you could have a top ten chart of the most wanted games and even if the number one game is not achievable providing the second and the third would still make people very happy 🙂 If a game isn’t available to vote on you could suggest it and it could be added as a game for others to vote for too. Thanks!

While asking us what we want is great and a respected approach, your own research shows the bias towards 2 genres, balance is what’s needed, you have 2 genres listed that have no representation at all in the chart. i think the focus should be on turning that very steep slope into a more level surface 😉 variety is the spice of life and all that 🙂

With PS Home now more focused on gaming i’d love to see it included in plus, sure there’s been a couple of promotions, but nothing long term, it needs to be a regular feature with games and exclusives, not just avatar accessories either 😉 there are a lot of paid games in there now and a lot of potential to get more PS+ users into home making the home community stronger, it’d be win win including home in PS+.

Merge the old style of plus with the new style of plus. A lot of people including myself liked the old way plus was but also like the new. Why not have a full PS3 game including avatars, a few themes, a Ps1 or 2 classic with a couple of other tidbits.

I’m not too fussed about the genres you put up, I’m happy to try anything. I’d be more keen on you picking out some more hidden gems or games that I’d like to try but not enough to run out and buy. Something like Dragon’s Dogma or Demons’ Souls which seem interesting but not a must-buy.

Getting massive titles like Batman or RDR is brilliant but in reality I’ve already bought, played and enjoyed them so having a digital copy is but a small bonus.

I think you guys are doing an amazing job with Plus.
The only games I don’t care for are often the brad new games you get like the F1 game this month. The quality of these games are often terrible.
The full blu-ray games are spot on. The rest is a mixed bag with hits and misses but mostly hits!
The Vita sellection stays a bit behind regarding big titels but I see it as a +.
RPG’s are the only games I miss.
A Move titels as an extra would be nice but not everyone has move so it should be added on now and then and could improve the sales of move controlers.

I like the way it is now. I don’t play every game that’s offered but as long as there’s variety in the selection, then it’s good the way it is. I wouldn’t have played Sleeping Dogs if it wasn’t for Plus, and I was surprised how good that game was. So that was a good choice.

You’re going to find it difficult to please everyone. But if it’s a racing title or Platform game one month, then whatever. Throw them all in. If it’s a game that I don’t usually play, then I’ll have to think it could be to someone else’s liking and accept it. You could vote for certain games in the same way your doing for this poll, it could help make your job a little easier.

anything with a story is good. we dont get many games that have a decent story. also open world games like sleepoing dogs are excellent.

what i would hate to see more of is multiplayers, sports and shooters
multiplayers are bad because by the time they can be given away on the igc there are barely any people still online. and i think im speaking for the majority of plus users but i like to collect trophies and multiplayers have bad trophies as they require things that are out of your control.
sports are bad because its a touchy area, you either love them or hate them and i dont think its a good idea to have something that can be so easily hated (i personally fall on hatred for them because i play games to enjoy things that arent possible for me to do in real life. sports you can go outside and do at anytime there is no place for them on the console)
and shooters are a bad choice because most of them are all the exact same. the only unique shooter ive played is borderlands. the rest are fairly similar and short and people who subscribe to plus are not just casual gamers, most of us come to it for something new to experience, while shooters are barely ever a new experience
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oh and say no to side scrollers!
they are not fun they are not entertaining and they are not even worth the download. i have so many 0%’s in my trophy list because of this that i am not happy about. i dont even bother downloading all those small games anymore to be honest.

Personally one of the best things I have seen you guys do with Plus is offering these games that deserve far more than they got.
(I don’t really care about the genre any more, as long as it’s not shooter)

I mean potentially you could “indirectly” help these really good games such as Vanquish to reach potential audience.

Let’s face it, plenty of players just buy games based on the name or the cover because they lack the intellect or knowledge to buy the less know buy ultimately far better game.

With PlayStation plus Instant Game Library you guys have the power to introduce gamers to new series, IP’s and genres they might not have even considered otherwise.

Good call on the film idea. Would also encourage people who mostly use the PS3 as a home entertainment hub to sign up. One film a month would be a pretty good deal on its own. I’d happily lose a game for a film.

I quite like seeing games on PS+ that I wouldn’t normally buy myself, so I’ve been able to play things like Infamous and Motorstorm Apocalypse that way. One game I wouldn’t mind seeing would be Okami, although I may end up buying that before long anyway.

some free movie rentals (3D movies also would be nice, new releases not old stuff), 3D games. maybe even a season pass to a TV series of our choosing, maybe even include music unlimited as an added bonus.

Phew, on the first quick view I thought that the RPG-color had the third spot in this ranking and began to wonder what games SCEE might have wrongfully considered to be RPGs. 😛

But alas, it’s fine that we agree that no real RPG at all has been shared so far.
So for me the answer what I want to see is really a no-brainer. RPGs RPGs RPGs. Some Action Adventure would come second, a racing game as NfS third.

If I were Sony, I’d generally push RPGs more. I mean not only by Plus, but also by publishing and developing such games.
Especially JRPGs as Ni No Kuni, the kind of Star Ocean or FF XIII … less so.
What happened to those glorious SNES times? 🙁

I think it’s obvious due to the wildly different tastes of PlayStation gamers you will never ever please everyone. For example there’s a lot of people here wanting RPG’s and while I can appreciate it would be great for them, I can’t bloody stand RPG’s. Would be nice if everyone got allocated a number of free game downloads from a choice of a much larger range of games available each month from all sorts of genres and we could pick and choose. Probably not very practical from a business point of view though.

However I would like to see more so-called niche titles as a part of plus. People are more willing to give a game a go if there is no monetary investment in the item. I’m not saying every month give us Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 or anything but if more people were exposed to these “niche” titles you may find more people would be willing to give them a chance in the future. Seemingly that is what plus has been about – giving away a game with plus for a new title that’s imminent

Some imports from Japan would be a dream come true (especially if offered as a secondary title) that way people wouldn’t complain and the warning stating Japanese language only should suffice – I really want Shikitei.

I’m glad to see that the Playstation team are asking what plus owners actually want moving forward. It would be great to get a sticky poll each month which enables everyone to continually provide feedback for your consideration.

I’ve been a PS Plus subscriber since August 2012 and whilst I think it offers fantastic value for money I must admit the service is a little wasted on me. I always buy and play games when they are released which means every single retail game which hits PS Plus I’ve already played and completed. Hence, I’m really only interested in high quality PSN games like Journey etc.

What I would really like to see is a tiered PS Plus service that really accelerates the adoption of digital games distribution.

Example:
PS Plus Bronze = £40/year and is exactly what the current service offers

PS Plus Silver = £120/year free access to all games available on playstation network 6 months after release. With a maximum of 30 game downloads per year.

PS Plus Gold = £200/year free access to all games available on playstation network on release day. With a maximum of 50 game downloads per year.

(These costs and structure above are of course just my initial proposals)

where are the PS+ discounts now? SCEE promised better discounts and we got nothing. I already owned nearly every game given with PS+ this year. where is the unfinished swan discount? where are the new psn game discounts? SCEE just keep on lying.

Why do I think this would be a great idea for everyone:
1. It is a fact that content distribution is going digital and will continue to grow. Whoever takes the lead will have an advantage and Sony is in an excellent position with both content and a delivery device.
2. From the perspective of Sony and Game Devs/Publishers digital content distribution is ideal since it eliminates the loss of revenue from the used games market without the use of unpopular online passes.
3. As my proposal is essentially a digital rental service it avoids the potential danger currently facing Steam where digital content that has been purchased must be resellable.
4. This will bring end customers closer to Sony/Devs/Publishers which in turn leads to better understanding of market demand and the opportunity of attached sales.
5. Reduces the loss of revenue from game rental services like Lovefilm and others.
6. For customers this would be a cheaper option than buying games and then trading them in after completion.
7. No longer have to wait for goods to be delivered or physically going to buy/trade in games from retail stores. Instead games could potentially be pre-downloaded just like Steam.

8. If some DLC comes out for a game that has been traded in either it will not be purchased or you have to buy the game disk again which. Now you just need to re-download the digital copy of the game instead.
9. Finally if customers don’t like this idea for whatever reason they can of course continue to buy games exactly as they are now.

Sorry I’ve done a lot of typing… hopefully someone from the Playstation team will read it and perhaps even give it some consideration.

in retaliation to other comments
Do NOT add tv shows and movies to ps plus. tv shows and movies are free to watch on tv adding them to ps plus would just waste the budget towards plus. frankly if i see this i will not be renewing my subscription.

some good rpg games would be nice prehaps fallout new vegas with all dlc packs =p
im surprised heavy rain hasnt been on ps+.some new avatars would be nice not had any good ones added on ps+ in a long time

medal of honor warfighter sold less than ea expected and could be a nice adition to ps+. if you release a call of duty game to ps+ most users will have it. it would add more players to medal of honor warfighter servers, since they are almost empty.
dirt3, mafia 2, la noire, Resistance: Fall of Man (since people can´t buy it in stores), uncharted, skyrim, gta4, Brutal Legend, Battlefield: Bad Company, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Singularity, Blur, Darksiders, Prince of Persia, Pure, GRID, Syndicate, F1 2011 or 2012, SOCOM 4, Shift 2: Unleashed, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Split/Second, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, The Saboteur…
big list 😀

what i want to see released is an update that categorises the download list caues its annoying sifting through 700 or so downloads to find one game …id like to be able to goto the game catagory or something then choose a game instead of going through 100 downloads and giving up …

I voted Puzzle, Action/adventure and shooter, as those genres tend to be ‘shorter’ games.

Plus content is always a bonus to the games I buy. It’s a way to play games I’d never play otherwise, or skipped for one reason or another. But if they’re very long, I never get to finish them (as they tend to blow up my to play list)

Chris, this is excellent, a post i and im sure everyone else is very happy to see and its great that you are taking our opinions on board. youve been doing a fantastic job so far and still continue to do so!!

i think what you can see from that graph that should be obvious is the complete lack of RPGs!!

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus (even a nice big Plus discount would be appreciated if it cant be in the IGC),
Mass Effect definitely – it would be nice to be given the first one, and not Mass Effect 2 as you have done with Dead Space 2 & Bioshock 2, it doesnt exactly do anything for those of us who havent played the firsts!
Two Worlds II
Dragon Age
Dragon’s Dogma
Demon’s Souls
Kingdoms of Amalur
Rage

those are some I would really like to see 🙂 regardless you have been making some great choices so far so I have faith this year will be no different!!

Dear Sony, please give us Ni no Kuni in Plus with 100% off. You gave us shooters, racers, sanboxes, indie game, platformers, western rpgs, PS2 or PS One Classics, but you didn’t gave us a single one jrpg. Now you have the chance to change that.

Gamers, make the impossible possible. Vote for NnK. I’m counting on you.

I personally think action/adventure is the way to go since i think it appeals to a wider auidence. While some people like shooters or rpgs or sports games in my experience alot of gamers like action games like uncharted.

I also think that each month for ps3 you should try (at least a lot of months) to include one big blockbuster aaa title from a few years back that people may have forggotten about. Also a newer aaa title (like sleeping dogs or arkham city for example). and the third game should be a smaller downloadable game. (mabye some older psn titles like shatter or braid).

Well done chris for taking fans opinions into consideration as well, It is much appreciated.

Some games that i would like to see in the igc in the near future would be –

Dokuro, Ni No Kuni, Dishonered, Need for speed Most wanted (preferably for vita), Resistance 3, a ratchet game possibly crack in time, God of war 3, Heavy Rain and telltales the walking dead.

Also some new avatars from sony franchises from time to time would be welcomed.

The order of that chart looks almost spot on for me, except I’d change puzzle and sports games order around. And would like it see maybe one RPG in replace of say one shooter. Action adventure should stay top. Very happy with the games content I’ve got in the last 9 or 10 months, I have already renued for another 12 months and I’m even tempted to stack 3 more months on to that due to the Plus discount on at the moment. The only thing holding me back is the uncertainty around what will happen in regards to Plus when the PS4 comes out (will these games carry over to PS4, will Plus become Gaiki streamed, will the content still be decent on Plus then etc). Anyways I’m rambling, keep up the great work 🙂

Mass Effect is a shooter with RPG elements, not an RPG. Pretty sure youd fark off a lot of the people asking for RPG’s every month if thats what they wound up getting ;P.

Id like for you to tell us as soon as you either know you are getting a game for PS+ in a later month, or intend to ask about one, so that people dont loose faith over “sales” that turn out to be money wasted due to the game coming out a month or two later on PS+ for free
Oh, also an actual say on what is given each month, so either a monthly vote on genre or actual games, or let people choose 3 games out of 8, with 8 being added the next month and 8 remaining from the last (so 16 to pick from 3+ games each month) but we discussed that on the Feburary PS+ page and it seems thats not gunna happen x_X.

Off the top of my head game suggestions
Castlevania
Dante’s Inferno
Binary Domain
Dragons Dogma: the updated one
3D dot
Ni No Kuni
MGS HD+4
Ico/SOTC
Assassins Creed 3
Dead Island GOTY
LA Noir
Heavy Rain
Random DLC
permanent price drops on games over a few months old, 5 year old games added to the store at £40+ is just silly.

More later but some suggestions there, but honestly? Id rather have more modern games, I dont buy games on release, there really is no point (esp not digital copies at the silly prices o_O) and do pick up games when they are _>.

Also a separate Vita and PS3 subscription, I signed up for PS3 games, not Vita games, I seem to be getting less PS3 games due to the available Vita ones?
Nothing Bethseda, people already have enough to legitimately complain about, their games dont work on the PS3 -.-

BTW is anyone aware that the Facebook postings don’t work anymore when you buy anything on the ps3 since the new store come along? Since the latest update the trophies no longer appear except as a blank post either.. Turned it off now as just a wall of blank entries..

It still works when i buy stuff on the vita..just the ps3 that doesn’t.

to those complaining about ps+ adding movies/tv shows/music to its service. you must relize that plus is exactly that its an extra service not just directed as a 100% gaming service otheriwse there would be not auto system updates/ auto game updates, auto trophy sync, online game saves. these services are not games therefore plus does not have to be limited to only games the PlayStation was marketed as a home entertainment system not just a gaming system.

so sony should do more to show it is what it has been marketed as “A HOME ENTERTAINMENT HUB” and it aint that if it only just has games now is it. some of us do not have time to watch tv nor have time to watch movies at the cinemas. for example its useless watching tv in australia as when a show starts here its been cancelled in the US or UK before it begins here so there really is no point in tv u get hooked on a show and mid series/season they either stop showing the show or it was cancelled.so i have given up on aussie tv as it is CRAP. bugger all channels/content on tv and our tv is like quickflix OLD OLD OLD OLD. even freeview is a joke it was meant to bring more new channels not just duplicate channels owned by the current stations. how is that competition. i for one would like movie/tv shows added to plus for these reasons.

I can only say it like this. Less guns, more swords 😀 I would really love to see more “medieval” like games or fantasy games like Bayoneta or DMC series. My personal tops (the ones that may actually appear there) are Heavenly Sword, Castlevania, Knights Contract and maybe Enslaved (but i wouldnt argue about games like Skyrim or Demon Souls 🙂 ). Anyway, I am looking forward to what you ll bring to us 🙂

@DEATHWISH2478; Bear in mind all those services are directly related to games. I would like movies but as a separate subscription service. Unless I’m mistaken, the video store isn’t available to all countries so including movies in Plus wouldn’t benefit all subscribers and would likely take something away from them to balance it out (although the Vita inclusion itself was impressively contrary to this- if movies follow by example, bring ’em on).

“Also a separate Vita and PS3 subscription, I signed up for PS3 games, not Vita games, I seem to be getting less PS3 games due to the available Vita ones?”

That’s not true in the slightest. Before VITA titles were added we still received 2 full PS3 titles and 1 PSN title, which still remains. The only things that’s changed is the addition of VITA titles which hasn’t affected this structure at all!

I really don’t know where you’re getting your information from & your views are a little strange, especially what you’re imposing within the SALE thread.

i miss the games like Stacking, costume quest and Shatter. things that i can play with the missus . im only downloading about 1 in 5 bluray titles as they dont really interest me (though i wouldnt have bought sleeping dogs….i love it!!)

What i mean is that there are 2 types of games that i want from PLUS service: the games that had great reviews (7, 8s), and at the same time came other(s) game(s) that had 8.5, 9s, and didn’t sold (eg. Binary Domain, Darksiders 2, Mirror’s Edge). In the other hand, i want to experience great new experiences that i wouldn’t buy like Portal 2, XCOM, ICO, Rayman (journey and unfinished swan are grat eg., but i took a change and got them on the christmas sale bundle).

@Project2insanity i wouldnt really say that automatic system firmware updates are classified as part of a gaming service when the ps3 can be used as a blu ray player, dlna media reciever, music, 3D content all this must be updated in firmware. that has nothing to do with games. as u need firmware updates to play latest blu ray movies etc. so ur description of plus being only for games is mute as SYSTEM SOFTWARE updates are not game updates nor has anything to do with games. that is the game patching updates. so ur rite there but if someone subscribes to plus just so there system updates auto for them how can u say plus is only for games as they are for example only using it for that one reason maybe they also want themes/avatars. these also are not games. (yet indirectly related to some games) ie mag avatars. u can not play them or advance to another level/next part in the story.

@DEATHWISH2478
Ahem … sure.
All those “extra” services that you mentioned are 100% related to gaming.
You are a funny guy, if you really think that your argumentation actually managed to support your view, that movies would be a natural addition to Plus.

And once more, there are already services for those who demand movies. Netflix, Lovefilm or whatever they might offer you in Australia.

Was a day1 plus sub, and chose Not to renew After this IGC structure was introduced. i personally do not regret this choice, i am actually relieved.. i haven’t seen any games i hadn’t either allready owned or that would otherwise of interested me, since i lapsed.. sure plus IS dirt cheap, even worth having for cloud saves, auto-updates Alone, and maybe, just maybe that 1/or2 title i ‘might’ of ended up enjoying.. But i couldn’t stand it seeing games that i’d allways payed for, usually full price, start appearing month after month, it’s (as you prob know, obviously.) a horrible feeling seeing the IGC list and The top game is one you’d allready owned. but month after month. i couldn’t believe ‘my luck’, it’s the same for many i know. still as i said. personally i haven’t regretted it..another Big problem i found is these actual posts. theres Allways (seems) people requesting a game i have had, made me want to shout.. But now, good lord, now people think plus is some God given right, i mean seriously some of the requested Lists on here make me, well that varies, but it’s getting beyond a joke now, i Hate the use of it but ‘entitled’ is really adequate, imo. Not aimed at anyone in particular .

Why is this genre always neglected these days? I feel this is the only area where PlayStation has been lacking during the past few years. Glad to see exclusives like Ni No Kuni though. Need more types of J/W-RPG’s :p

Also, I think DLC should be made available to PS+ members. Sony did a bit of it in the past, and slowly stopped.

i can suggest giving me my nukester account back as i got banned for no reason and i have spent over a grand on games and dlc and had plus from day 1. i am so shocked at sony for this as i have been a loyal customer for years

Anyway, IF i were to choose a genre i would say rpg. something i enjoy but never really buy much of. one game that some have asked for today is Two Worlds2, ‘goty’ (lol) ed, that is allready on the store.. DO NOT i repeat do not ask for that.. it is broken.. picture a game where the code involves stealth kill, it locks you on your target and when your in kill zone the X button prompt appears.. so far so good right ?. now picture pushing X button and your character plunges his knife into enemies back.. But instead it hits fresh air, ?. wth, seriously, over and over i swing my knife, but i am just a few centimetres short.. if That isn’t bad enough, all this time my fearsome foe hasn’t moved a muscle, just keeps standing there.. another one. walking up starirs. lol try Not to IF you get your game. terrible, ugliest game i gave psn My money for.
Also at time i Was a plus member, but No trial available with Our one. meanwhile it’s released on scea psn, With a trial.. they were selling it for 5 bucks other week, (xmas sale), and it was in top 10 download list in Jan.. made me smile seeing That.

I like this initiative you are taking here. Getting the community that loves this company involved, is a brilliant idea. Plus is the best thing thats happened to gaming for a long time. One thing that I would like to see is a 1-3day head start for plus members regarding buying stuff on PSN. Every Wednesday PSN gets slow. All the free games you get is great and all but what I really want is more discounts, I’m not talking 10% on now. Look at Steam, they got the right formula for all this online stuff. And whats up with all the full price on all Vita titles. Those games are like 1 year old and most of them are not good.

4) Split the PS3 and Vita PS+ subs. I’m not buying a Vita… ever! I DONT WANT TO BE PAYING FOR VITA GAMES I CANT USE! Compensate me or reduce my subscription. If anyone wants both charge them for it. Leave me out of it.

Huh? I’d understand this is Vita content hindered PS3 content, but it doesn’t.

I’m not that fussy about what genre i get since i like most. Probably had enough shooters for a good while. Personally i would like to see some arcade/retro titles. I love the old stuff.

Also, i agree that with remove singstar’s comment about titles that are offered a plus discount should not be brought to the IGC so soon after the discount (Sleeping dogs for example). It leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Until i see evidence that this kind of things stops i won’t be getting any discounted games, just dlc. Plus discounts are supposed to be a benefit, not a [CENSORED]take.

How about making remote play on the vita accessible for all ps3 games? It really bugs me that the functionnality seems to work fine for hackers who hack their ps3 but loyal sony customers are being left out. I would find it amazing to be able to play my ps3 games on the vita while my girlfriend is watching tv or playing on the vita in my bed while the ps3 is in the living room. Make the dream happen please 🙂
Otherwise i’m super satisfied with the psn+ service

You should turn some of your IPs into Vita exclusive IPs. Especially those which aren’t really successful on PS3. I’m thinking about stuff like Twisted Metal, Starhawk, etc.

You should also bring back old franchises, that you keep on the shelf since the PSX/PS2, mainly RPGs like Wild Arms, Rogue Galaxy, The Legend of Dragoon, etc.

You should pick up the games that didn’t prove to be huge hits on PS3, but were good games and could get a new life on Vita. I’m talking about something simmilar to what Nintendo did with Bayonetta 2, cause it helped them make a lot of fuss. There are so many great IPs that you can buy for cheap now or can fund a sequel to. Turning Darksiders into a Vita exclusive would be huge and would give you a massive boost in word of mouth as the company that saved this great franchise. Kingdom of Amalur is a second great IP that is in the void right now, just waiting for you to grab it. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Bulletstorm are other great examples of games that would feel at home on the Vita. Their format actually fits it better than PS3. You could maybe even get Diablo 3? Why not! It would be huge.

Seriously, how can getting added vita content Not hinder ps3 content ?.
it Has to, somewhere, somehow. not a clue exactly how, but IF scee are a business, yes. then some money surely must be paid towards vita titles, or have they got a counterfeiting opo going on.. and if it isn’t coming from plus subs then how and wheres it coming from ?. 4 mill vitas i heard are out, versus god knows ps3s, i cannot make any sense from vitas inclusion in plus, the free games part that is, i would like someone to educate me a little on it. i did have a theory that SEN used the overpriced Euro cod pass towards All plus, worldwide, but it’s just a theory, strange though how it’s correctly, as advertised priced everywhere else, except for scee region. So all the CoD players are subsiding it ?. IF so that’d be so very ironic (funny) to me, as i reckon out of say 30 m8s with ps3s (i know), 17/188 of them Only play CoD, period.., anyway just a interested onlookers perspective.

I also think we need a western RPG and open world games. I’d go crazy if you talked to CD Projekt RED about a port of The Witcher 1 and 2. These games are pretty much PC only, so they would make an awesome splash on Vita! They would work like exclusive games in the console world, but they would actually be just ports, so the costs shouldn’t be huge. You should call CDPR and talk about it, even helping them fund and publish the two ports. You should also talk to Bethesda about an HD remake of Morrowind. It’s their best game, they could make a remake on the Skyrim engine. It should be viable on Vita, since it would be an enhanced port and not a totally new game.

When it comes to an open world game, a unique GTA is an obvious one, but you could also talk to SEGA about bringing Shenmue back. We need a good open world game, if it was anything like Sleeping Dogs, I’d get it. But even if you release HD remakes of GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA: Stories games, Shenmue 1 and 2, I’d be happy.

I hope that Phantom Pain is an exclusive MGS Vita game. You should talk to Just Add Water about finishing their old project Oddworld: The Brutal Ballad of Fungus Klot. Stranger’s Wrath was a big hit on Vita, this game could be even bigger and could help fill the void in good FPS games. Void that Bioshock Vita will hopefully help fill as well…

Sorry for posting this in 3 posts, but there are just so many options in from of you guys to make Vita the most awesome console in history!

PS. Obviously getting a Dragon Quest XI or Final Fantasy XV game as an exclusive on Vita would be much appreciated 😛

InXile is doing Wasteland 2, the predecessor to Fallout. I would go totally nuts if you decided to support them and get a Vita version out of it! This game is surely going to be great, considering the talents that are working on it and I’d love to be able to play it on the go.

Come to think about it, even getting ports of Fallout 1 and 2 would be sweet. Baldur’s Gate also got an HD release recently… All these games would fit nicely into the PS Store and on my memory card 🙂

Once more, can we get some more PSOne classics that have been released elsewhere that we in AU are still waiting on?
In particular, World of Mana, Breath of Fire IV and Chrono Trigger.
It would be nice considering Australian PSX classics on the PS Store are really lacking. It would be awesome to see it more reflective of the content that other stores have

I love how some people here clearly didn’t read the post. This blog has nothing to do with things like removing the singstar thing, or any of that, or even about PSOne Classics, its just about what content do you want to be made available through PS+.

And some people aren’t even a PS+ member so this post doesn’t affect you right now :S I don’t get it.

Scsia, they arent going to compact any successful IPs, and are highly unlikely to make any new non gimicky ones as Vita Exclusives, it makes no sense. Be happy with ports, crossbuy and alternate versions/vita tie-ins.

Singstarsucks, whilst I agree with you on many points (add fire the whole customer service robot team and hire some useful people for blog replies) lets face it, they are going to ignore you, completely, and loose business for stupid reasons and I can see the PS4 underselling due to a complete lack of faith in SCEE, at the same time they arent going to move the money from PS+ to upgrade anything outside of PS+.
Or likely improve on any of it for the PS4.

Actually Scsia did make one good point in amongst the Vita fanboyism, it would be interesting to see if any of The Witchers could be ported (dun remember if 3 is a Microsoft exclusive), if they could work on the PS3 (unlikely, most multiplatform ones either run badly or just suck, like any Bethesda game) it would be a certain purchase, but its unlikely anyone from the store team has any influence at all over them.

Would be nice if you guys update PS Store more often. With games everything is fine but it would be nice to see more sales like NA has. Maybe not a big ones but to make ones like Game of the Day sale. On Monday it would be something like RE4 on Tuesday maybe bit cheaper Okami … you know what I mean.
Back on topic I think it would be nice to get something from Ubi. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory or Assassins Creed II would do a trick.

first of all I’d like to thank all the sony staff that handles playstation plus EUROPE you guys actually care about us.I bought plus US and the service was so bad,i’m alredy regreating that.from now on I’m just gonna stay with plus UK.I’d like some classics like shadow of the colossus,GTA San andreas and GTA 4(GTA 5 is releasing this year), LA noire,Ultimate Marvel vs capcom 3, dead space 2,skyrim.

I think Sony should discontinue the instant game collection and have no big download games at all (meaning PS3 retail titles) and offer PlayStation classics, portable for Vita, Minis and PSN download only videogames and perhaps introduce a Plus premium service which adds movies. and maybe even Music Unlimited.

Actually hope ni no kuni isnt put in the igc for a long while to be honest. I truely believe it’s such a brilliant game it is well worth buying, also there’s rumours that depending on western sales there could be a sequel… 🙂 and hey there’s a demo on the store for it so how can anyone still be unconvinced :p

no to ps1 and ps2 games, unless they are hd remakes. I like how we get the games now so change back to the old format, just keep the ps3 and psn games coming. As for genre I’m not into rpg and most people I know that are preorder all the rpgs they want so not that genre I guess. What I would like to see is a remake or just the original of “zombies ate my neighbours” please make this happen.

I said puzzle games as one of my options, but i don’t want no tetris or bejewelled, or angry birds. i am looking forward to games similar to portal, or machinarium. although these could be sometimes classified adventure.

I’d like more newer games you’d find in stores, rather than games that are 10-15$ in the PS Store.
PS+ Europe gets stuff like Sleeping Dogs and Red Dead Redemption so I’ve heard.
While I really liked what I’ve gotten so far, I’d like more games like that too.

the god of war collection would be awesome. mirrors edge, assassins creed revelations are also an idea. Most importantly announce the ps4 on the 20th!
Great for the plus owners would be to keep all the digitally bought games on ps3, also on the ps4!!

I am enjoying all the content that I have seen on PS Plus. I actually started with a PS Vita and then went and purchased a PS 3 because of the cross play and PS Plus program.

I would like to see PS Plus have more game previews for both PS Vita and PS3 consoles ie…beta versions and demos.

I would also like to see a media bundle where PS Plus is bundled with the Music or Movie options all for one price per year….or even a price drop for a 2 year committment to PS Plus. I would like to see the electronic version of the Playstation Magazine added as an option or feature to the PS Plus program

There should be an app for the Vita so we can read/write .rtf and read .pdf files

Thank you ! You are doing good work….you got me to join and go out and buy a PS 3

Slightly off topic but when they first announced Instant Games Collection I am sure that we were told that there would be at least 10 games available at all times for PS3 users. At the moment I am only counting 9. Anyone else noticed this?? Have I got this wrong??

I think what ps plus give now is good just disappointed with the games you give
Out that no one has ever heard of. Why not gives us some call of duty dlcs free from the older games. Let’s face it, nobodys buyinhg them now. Also games that has a sequel coming out soon

I see a lot of people ask for RPG’s, but haven’t seen anybody asking for Rainbow Moon. As much as I’d like to see Ni No Kuni come to the IGC, I don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon as the game is still very new and popular. Rainbow Moon however would be an ideal PS+ pick as it was a PSN only game and got great reviewes too! 🙂

For me personally, PS+ is a little pointless. Yet I keep my subscription in some vein chance things will change.

I’m lucky enough to be in a position to buy 99% of titles on their given launch dates. I never trade in, always buy new, and rarely buy a AAA+ title digitally.

The reason I say PS+ is pointless for me, is because the Instant Game Collection doesn’t effect me. I always see it as aimed towards those who don’t really buy that many games during the year, and that’s great. I’m pleased the developer is getting at least a little of something from your percentage agreement, rather than nothing at all.

But for someone like me, and I know I’m not alone in this, PS+ holds very limited interest.

I personally would take one new game over 20 old games I already own (naturally). Perhaps an opt-out option for people like myself? If I lock myself out of the Instant Game Collect (of which there has not been one game available that I don’t already own), in favour of one NEW digital full-price release per 6 months? Per year?

I think the I.G.C is a great idea and really helps out developers. But if there isn’t anything available within PS+ for gamer’s like myself, I doubt I’ll renew my subscription again.

I also would like Atelier Meruru or a Hyperdimension game – I’ve heard people hating or loving these games, and there’s a lot of gamers (including me) that have never played any of these. Rainbow Moon might fit into same category.

I would love to see more Platformers, RPGs, Puzzles and Racing games to appear, RPGs in particular. The games that are on offer are ones I tend to have already so if there was more variety then I might be tempted to pick up a Plus subscription. Getting more PS1 and PS2 Classics on would also be really fantastic.

Hey Chris,
Is there any chance that the EU Playstation Plus members can have more full game trials like the US store. I would like to try some new, recent games. The EU store doesn’t seem to update that part of PS Plus.

Alot of people complain about playstation plus and even though I think it defo worth the money, I do understand that because these games are older games many people have already got these games. I think that playstation plus would be much better if it was personalized for each member. For instance I don’t own a vita so that part of the subscription is worthless to me but it would be great if playstation would replace these vita games with ps3 games on my subscription so I have more choice. The current ps plus membership is only useful to people that own both a vita and ps3. I don’t like handhelds. either that or give people the info on ps plus releases months before so then they don’t buy the games before hand.

So far I really like the Plus service, there’s a nice variety of games. I didn’t like all of them, and some were already in my collection, but that’s okay. The games I do enjoy are still my money’s worth.

I’d still like to see more shooters. Even though it’s one genre, the games are often completely different. You can’t compare Bulletstorm to Borderlands or Crysis 2. For me personally, there aren’t that many shooters I enjoy so much I actually stick with them. I’d like to see CoD:MW3 or CoD:Black Ops.

Also, games which have been on sale should not be put on Plus for at least 6 months (Like with Sleeping Dogs, within 6 weeks??). This really makes me reluctant to buy games on sale in the store. I recently got Red Dead Redemption on sale, but only because I knew it had been on Plus before and it’s unlikely to turn up there again (I hope).

I voted for more action/adventure games, aswell as (and i expect i shall be alone in hoping for this) rare games that are very difficult to get hold of on disc these days, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and other such games.

On the subject of the store (even though this post will be too far down for any mods to see it) please give us back the function on the store to preview dynamic themes, as i feel it’s a crucial part of deciding whether to buy a theme or not

Poor Sony, having to please all those different demands. Just the 3 last comments are a good example.

R1shworth for examples thinks that the games are too old (while none of the 5 games this month is actually older than 1 year, for example), while DayzeeNL wouldn’t even want to see a game via Plus for an half year after a sale!

And DrClayman joins forces of those who want movies, which I absolutely oppose. 🙂

Oh besides R1shworth, you get as many PS3 games as you got before the Vita was part of Plus. The quality didn’t drop either, so it seems a bit pointless to claim that Plus wouldn’t be worth it without a Vita. All that changed is that Plus is even greater now and welcomes you to get an handheld. It worked out in my case.

I think you’re already doing a great job with the games you’re giving out. Sleeping dogs for example is still like £22 in cex.

Areas for improvement would probably be more and bigger discounts on older dlc. For example I’ve been playing dantes inferno, quite good, but the dlc ‘package’ is still 13.99 3 years after release. So in this case a 40% permanent discount would be very enticing. This could be rolled out to other older games as well….

I think we need more racing games on PS+. Ridge Racer Unbounded would be a nice example (even though I already have it on Steam). It would be cool if we could get the FIFA 12 + EURO 2012 package if it wouldn’t be asking for too much

Great work so far. Batman, Red Dead and Resident Evil excellent choices. Tomb Raider, Formula One and All for One have really surprised me. Sleeping Dogs, Dead Space and Bioshock are interesting. Wakeboarding and Hamsterball were fun. Keep a variety of multi player games coming.

I voted for a RPG. We should get something like Demons Souls or Dragon’s Dogma. I’m really tired usual action adventure games. I want to subscribe the service but I see no RPG’s there so it’s kinda hard.

@BoudDC – if you want smaller games rather than retail games, you might wanna consider PS plus from the North American store as that’s virtually all they’ve been getting for almost a year now… and Sony North America is taking some heavy flak over it from customers, strangely however they aren’t issuing any form of apology or statement as to why, which is making NA customers even more angry.

Dear Sony, is there any possibility to return Borderlands to PS+ in March? I’ve missed it when it was able to download and I really regret this and would love to get it :/. Please, consider it and I really hope you will make me (or us) this big pleasure. 🙂
Take care!

Oh, yeah also get rid of the huge advertisement borders when looking at PS+ games, I already own PS+, I want to check the content, a third of the screen does not need to advertise PS+ o_O.
Yes thats more of the store team side of things (if you take these sereriously then one for “how can we make the store suck less” would also be more than welcome and has already taken a stupidly long time) oh and also more menus for sorting content, again storeside, but I want to sort discounts by game, not be everything thrown at me with a huge banner distracting me.
Make it happen good sir.

Ps plus is a fantastic service made me leave xbox. We need games ppl may of missed slipped under everyones rader. Great job guys. No ps1 ps2 games this service is this generation not 2 generations bk!!!!

XEEEI you do realise this is the Europe (and Australia and New Zealand, and likely other random places that arent America or Asia >_>.)
unless you have PS+ on another account this is highly unlikely to effect your PS+ at all :X.

Stuff that plus is good for:
– Games with online multiplayer. More players on a server is good for everyone. I’d be happy to see Driver SF on plus even though I’ve got it, since it would re-populate the multiplayer for a while.
– Games that were overlooked a little when they first came out. I love Ridge Racer Unbounded, and if inclusion in the IGC helps a sequel get made I’d be all for it.
– Free indie games on release. Knytt Underground is great, hopefully it got the developers more exposure due to plus.
– Anything that’s a bit different. Plus is good for exposing people to things they might not normally try (Mirror’s edge, X-Com, Valkyria Chronicles, Sound Shapes). Your job should kind of be like a museum or art gallery curator – a few impressive hits to get the punters in, then expose them to a variety of things they didn’t know they wanted.
– The Music Unlimited discount was very welcome. I don’t suppose there could be any similar Netflix/Lovefilm deal?

Overall it’s a great service which is always improving. More exclusive themes and avatars would be nice, just to make us all feel like we’re part of the special club! If it’s integrated into PS4 or even other Sony gadgets it would be a big draw for me.

Please continue to offer a good variety of genres and also a mix of age ratings as my two children like new games as well. This month was a great example; Sleeping Dogs for the older gamer like me and Quantum Conundrum / F1 Race Stars for all ages (also me).

i would like to see the release of darksiders 2 since we got darksiders 1 to play why not give us the second part of it for ps plus subscribers also prototype 2 r 1 would be appreciated does anyone agreee with me???

Video
How about chucking a few rentals our way ? Get people interested in streaming and digital ownership and you might benefit from long term uptake into the service.

Sequel Support
When a new title comes out its well worth dropping a previous offering into plus. Giving people a taster of what to expect form a new sequel could secure sales of the new release. Dropping something like Deadspace 1/2 could push sales for Deadspace 3 Although; I have noticed a trend in the games offered for plus already kinda do this already 🙂

Maybe a “classic game of the month” a ps1/2 title still seem to make people happy :/

What I would like to see is a agenda of what comes out in this year for ps plus.

I mostley have the problem that the games that come to ps + are mostley games I already bought.

So to use the whole service, I would like to see something like a agenda ore a schematic.

One other problem is that there is a lot of content coming online. I am thankfull for the content but it is realy annoying to download new games from this new month and I have to delete games from previous motnh that I even did not have time for to play.

Hi, this post isn’t about content, BUT one thing I would love to see (not just for PS+ user) is a “filter” function when accessing your download list.
I recently had to re-download a bunch of games from my list, and trying to find them among 600+ pices of content is a nightmare. I noticed that on the store everything has a label on it (ie: level, game, demo, etc) why not utilise that in the next update??

Sod the RPGs, I’m not really a fan (although I am grossly outvoted by my fellow gamers, it seems.) But a lot more sandbox games would be a real treat for me.

I’m talking games where you have an open world and a lot of things to do at a pace you want to do them. I love those sorts of games. Games like Just Cause 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Burnout Paradise… Literally any game with an open world.

I am really hoping you guys put Mafia 2 on PS Plus, either 100% discount or some sort of saving.

I think there should be a wide range of media available to PS+ subscribers, Along with games and avatars and themes I think we should get PS1 Classics, PS2 Classics, Movies, Music, like one month could be 1xGame and 1xBluray Movie and Avatars and Themes, then the next month 1xGame 1xPS2 Classics and 1xPS1 Classics, each month its just like “Oh I wonder what game it will be, but it’s more to look forward to if you don’t know if it’ll be an album or a movie, and if you want a movie and there havent been movies for say, 4 months, when the movie does come, you’d be more likely to download it than if it was constantly movies.

hi thank you for giving us the opportunity to recommend titles for the IGC. i would love to see ico & shadow of the colossus, max payne 3, castlevania lord of shadows, dead space, sillent hill downpour, ssx, portal 2 & spec ops. any of these would be great ive had them on my list of need to play for a while now

The ideas you guys where saying is brilliant with mixing the various things as in games, movies, minis, classics, but what i really would be over the moon with is a repeat of the music unlimited offer what i missed out on at xmas. Please repeat this and also you should offer re-subscribers as good an offer as new members.

Vita..Vita…Vita…..Vita.
More games for the vita.
Touch my katamari
a-men
army corps of hell
assassins creed
ALL THE LEGO GAMES EXCEPT HARRY POTTER
MLB: The show
new little kings story
SOUND SHAPES
When vikings attack
virtues last reward

Its not that i dont like rpgs, some of them are amazing, big fan of final fantasy and would love to see skies of arcadia again but i dont have 50-60 hours to put into one game. I have done for cod but that was over a year. I dont want to play a single player game for a year and forget the start as i near the end.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SKIES OF ARCADIA????

What would be nice is a system like the Americans, where they vote on what they liked and did not like about each month (adding a “what would you like next month” aswell if thats possible would be nice, but I dont know how far in advanced you plan, it seems to be weeks if not days before given the sale outrage)
But, what we REALLY need, is 3 seperate tiers, one for JUST PS3 games, one for JUSt Vita games and finally one for BOTH, I didnt subscribe for Vita games, I have no interest in them, yet they count against my games each month, and I wind up getting less to play in total (now if we add quality of some of the broked or terribad game, I mean heck this month only Quantum Conundrum has been decent, Gravity Rush and Wipeout could be great, but I have no way of playing them and thats my point) so that really neesd to change asap, I mean afaia SCEA gets 2 PS3 games every week, using half baked maths we got 2 this month (plus one crossbuy which I guess we can count) thats 8 games vs 2.5? Now over half of ours are Vita, so why should they get better quality and more for the same or similar price? Its not fair, and yet again SCEA getting preferential treatment…

To dermado stop moaning. Its more than fair that we get all these great free titles. Maybe us with vitas deserve an extra game or two since we contributed a few extra hundred in buying the system. I didnt have a vita until recently but i was crying about it i was still happy with wot i got. Therees bound to be a month now an again where none of the games appeal to you or you have already bought it. Should i complain if a games i hav already bought appears on there……NO!!! Great job sony. No 1 console.

SONY PLEASE READ… SONY PLEASE READ… SONY PLEASE READ
Can we have a live feed of the future of playstation event 2moro set up for the vita. Seems like a wasted oppurtunity. There maybe something setup i dont know about. If so please tell me. Thanks

Got nothing but respect for opinion, but I still do not understand the “didn’t subscribe for Vita games” argument. A typical PS3 month from July 2012 onwards has been three games, and the occasional bonus game under the PlayStation®Plus Presents tag. Since the Vita content was introduced in November, this has not changed. Sleeping Dogs and Batman: Arkham City are fine examples of the quality not suffering either.

Game 2 – A ‘safe’ title, one that’s main portion of the game is offline/solo (as not everyone has great internet connections), and that did well on release, such as Hitman: Absolution, Dishonoured, Farcry 3. Perhaps occasionally even more quirky titles gamers may have avoided taking risks on, such as Katherine, 3D Dot Heroes, Eternal Sonata, Disgaea. This title could be multi-format.

Game 3 – A unique/arty/fun/HD remake title. If we’re going off the basis Games 1 & 2 would be retail releases then Game 3 should perhaps continue to be a PSN-only release. Anything from online games to the more art-house titles, just varied each month. For example one month Gotham City Imposters, the next month Oddworld Munch’s Odyssee/Okami, then the next month an exclusive release such as Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars 2, then the month after back to arty titles like Unfinished Swan or Machinarium etc. So it keeps it fresh each month, and if an online game was free one month it’d be two months till its replaced by another so there’s chance for it to build an online community before being replaced, whilst the month in between offers something more obscure or an exclusive release.

Hope my suggestions are of use. Personally I think the February balance (Sleeping Dogs, F1 Race Stars and Quantum Conundrum) was spot on, meaning March would benefit a slightly different approach but still with a balance, say Dishonoured, Twisted Metal and Gotham City Imposters? Though these somewhat ‘dark’ games may need to be broken up with something for all ages/casual gamers?

One other point, PSN users should either get 2GB cloud storage for save data to use how they want between PS3 and Vita as opposed to the current 1GB for Vita and 1GB for PS3. Also, additional 1GB of cloud storage should be available to all PSN customers (regardless of PS+ membership or not) for a fee of 5pounds per year, and is stackable.

@mrgreaper2004 you are getting the same amount of ps3 content as you were before the Vita was added. Its your decision that you won’t be getting a Vita and therefore not going to use that content but the main point is you are not paying for it – the Vita is a pretty gadget though, I am loving mine.

I see a lot of people looking Dead Island. That’s a very bad choice of a game. They will regret asking for it when they play it. I for one sure do regret buying it and will surely wont be buying Dead Island Riptide.

There is so many problems with that game which I couldn’t even be bothered writing as the list goes on forever. Multiplayer was terrible as I couldn’t even enjoy the game with friends or even help those that really needed the help. The story was so dull and and boring which it also lacked of cut scenes.

There was only good thing about that game and that was the idea of it. Would rather Ubisoft making that game as they know how to make a decent game and Far Cry 3 is proof of that.

People may complain if they don’t get it but they will complain even more when they realise the mistake they made asking for it.

equality in terms of customer service and our free £10 card would be nice.
Also to those asking for Dragons Dogma, you want the upgraded one (Dark Ascension?) same game I believe, but with better gameplay and sensible tweaks.
FF, that seems highly unlikely, how many people owna move let alone a navigation controller (I platted Extraction and havent used it since) , we already have to sacrifice PS3 gameplay for Vita (which no one signed up for), and we know how bad SCEE is at everything, people would abandon ship in their thousands if it was a move only game (plus, yknow they are either gimmicky or suck, you name one that doesnt, Ill tell you why you are wrong :p)

Ok, thought i’d put in my suggestions (joined PSplus in January and been happy with IGC so far though not all games to taste theres been some gems – loved Sleeping Dogs, Bulletstorm, Quantum Conundrum, and impressed by ME3 but already have it).